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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-06-12 03:50:40 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-06-12 03:50:40 +0000 |
| commit | fc53809803cd2bc2434e312b19a18fa36776da12 (patch) | |
| tree | b4b43bd6538f51965ce32856e9c053d0f90919c8 /docs/ELF_PACKAGE_METADATA.md | |
| parent | Adding upstream version 255.5. (diff) | |
| download | systemd-fc53809803cd2bc2434e312b19a18fa36776da12.tar.xz systemd-fc53809803cd2bc2434e312b19a18fa36776da12.zip | |
Adding upstream version 256.upstream/256
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/docs/ELF_PACKAGE_METADATA.md b/docs/ELF_PACKAGE_METADATA.md index 176f574..2b58cf1 100644 --- a/docs/ELF_PACKAGE_METADATA.md +++ b/docs/ELF_PACKAGE_METADATA.md @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ or parse ELF core files.* ELF binaries get stamped with a unique, build-time generated hex string identifier called `build-id`, [which gets embedded as an ELF note called `.note.gnu.build-id`](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureBuildId). -In most cases, this allows to associate a stripped binary with its debugging information. +In most cases, this allows a stripped binary to be associated with its debugging information. It is used, for example, to dynamically fetch DWARF symbols from a debuginfo server, or to query the local package manager and find out the package metadata or, again, the DWARF symbols or program sources. |